Newsvine - parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/parkNewsvine - parken-usCopyright 2017Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:24:30 +0000Fri, 18 Aug 2017 03:25:10 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssInbee Park jumps to No. 1 in women's golf rankinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764130-inbee-park-jumps-to-no-1-in-womens-golf-rankinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764130-inbee-park-jumps-to-no-1-in-womens-golf-rankingsportsgolflpgaparkno-1inbee-parkstacy-lewis'Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:15:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postBrits, Americans feud over park, tongues in cheekshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17722630-brits-americans-feud-over-park-tongues-in-cheekshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17722630-brits-americans-feud-over-park-tongues-in-cheeksusparkodd-newsunited-statesus-newsworld-smallest-parksmallest-parkFri, 12 Apr 2013 18:27:06 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Allison Wildman crouches low to get a photo of Mill Ends Park in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>Mill Ends Park sports a myriad of colorful decorations in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>A tiny bazooka-wielding army figure crouches behind a rock deep in the flowers and foliage of Mill Ends Park in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>Mill Ends Park sports a myriad of colorful decorations in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>A tiny plastic pig is fenced in with flowers at Mill Ends Park in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>A plaque illustrates the history of Mill Ends Park in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>A plaque illustrates the history of Mill Ends Park, located just to the left of a passing motorcyclist, in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>Mill Ends Park sports a myriad of colorful decorations in Portland, Ore., Thursday, April 11, 2013. Tiny battle lines are being drawn in a whimsical British-American dispute over which country has the worlds smallest park. Two feet in diameter, Portlands Mill Ends Park holds the title of worlds smallest park in the Guinness Book of World Records. But a rival has emerged--Princes Park, more than 5,000 miles away in the English town of Burntwood which holds the record for smallest park in the United Kingdom.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)</p><p>A sign recording the fame of Britain's smallest park in Burntwood, Staffordshire, England, created to commemorate the marriage of Albert Edward Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863 and naming the trees as Faith, Hope and Charity, seen on Friday April 12, 2013. Prince's Park was created to commemorate the marriage of Albert Edward Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, before Albert Edward became Britain's King Edward VII on the death of his mother Queen Victoria. The British and the Americans are quarreling over who has the world's smallest park, the one in Portland, Ore. USA, is essentially a concrete planter about 2-feet in diameter, the other is this park about 5,000 miles away, in England where they dispute whether Portland's smallest park is a park at all. (AP Photo / Rui Vieira, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES</p>NYC is pressed to settle Central Park jogger casehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17630662-nyc-is-pressed-to-settle-central-park-jogger-casehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17630662-nyc-is-pressed-to-settle-central-park-jogger-caseusnew-yorkparknew-york-citycentral-parkus-newsjoggercentral-park-joggerSat, 6 Apr 2013 16:01:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2013 file photo, Raymond Santana, right, stands with Kevin Richardson, center, and Yusef Salaam, center left, during a rally in Foley Square in New York on the day of a court hearing for the three men, and two others whose convictions were overturned in one of the most notorious crimes in New York City history. Five teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted in 1990 of the rape and beating of the woman who came to be known as the Central Park jogger. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge in 2002 when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)</p><p>FILE - In this April 21, 1989 file photo, a jogger passes a New York City police vehicle parked near the area where a woman, who came to be known as the Central Park jogger, was raped, beaten and left for dead two nights earlier. Five teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted of the rape and beating of the woman. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File)</p><p>FILE - In this April 22, 1989 file photo, Yusef Salaam, 15, second from left, and Raymond Santana, 14, right, are led from the 24th Precinct by a detective after their arrest in connection with the rape and severe beating of a woman jogging in Central Park. Salaam, Santana and three other boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted of the attack. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge in 2002 when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/David Burns, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1990 file photo, Antron McCray arrives with his mother, Linda, for court in connection with the Central Park jogger trial in New York. McCray and four other teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted in the rape and brutal beating of the woman jogger. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Malcolm Clarke, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1990 file photo, Kevin Richardson arrives at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan with his mother, Grace Lovey, for the start of his trial in the Central Park jogger case. Richardson and four other teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted in the rape and brutal beating of the woman jogger. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Mike Albans, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1990 file photo, Yusef Salaam enters State Supreme Court in Manhattan with his mother, Sharonne Salaam, on the third day of deliberations in the Central Park jogger trial. Salaam and four other teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted in the rape and brutal beating of a jogger. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Phillip Schoultz, File)</p><p>FILE - In this June 25, 1990 file photo of an artist's rendering of the opening statements in the Central Park rape trial made in the State Supreme Court in New York, from left, defendants Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray and Raymond Santana sit in court while Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lederer speaks and Judge Thomas B. Galligan listens from the bench, upper left. Five teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted of the rape and beating of the woman who came to be known as the Central Park jogger. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Marilyn Church, File) </p><p>FILE - In this April 14, 2005 file photo, Trisha Meili acknowledges the applause in Frankfort, Ky., after delivering a speech at a Crime Victims' Rights Day ceremony. Five teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted in 1990 of the rape and brutal beating of Meili, who came to be known as the Central Park jogger. The convictions of the five were eventually tossed out by a judge when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2002 file photo, Dolores Wise, left, whose son Korey Wise was one of five youths convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, pumps her fist in the air as she sings "We Shall Overcome" at a rally in front of Manhattan Supreme Court to demand the 1990 convictions of Wise and four others in the case be overturned. Five baby-faced teenage boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted of the rape and beating of the woman who came to be known as the Central Park jogger. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge in 2002 when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File)</p><p>FILE - In this March 27, 2013 file photo, Raymond Santana poses for a portrait in New York. Santana is a 38-year-old man who in 1989 was accused, along with four other teens, of raping and brutally beating a woman in Central Park. Santana and four other boys maintained their innocence as they grew up behind bars after being convicted of the attack. Their convictions were eventually tossed out by a judge in 2002 when new evidence surfaced linking someone else to the crime. But their legal battle goes on: A $250 million federal lawsuit against police and prosecutors has been pending nearly a decade, with no resolution in sight. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)</p><p>FILE - In this May 24, 2012 file photo, from left, co-directors David McMahon, Sarah Burns and Ken Burns pose during a photo call for "The Central Park Five" at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. The two-hour documentary makes the case that the five teens who were sent to jail, and whose convictions were eventually overturned, were wrongly convicted of the rape and beating of the woman who came to be known as the Central Park jogger. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)</p>Man arrested in shooting death of dog at Ohio parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589421-man-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-dog-at-ohio-parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589421-man-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-dog-at-ohio-parkuskilledparkdogus-newsWed, 3 Apr 2013 22:06:02 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postHaiti replaces head of industrial park agencyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475489-haiti-replaces-head-of-industrial-park-agencyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475489-haiti-replaces-head-of-industrial-park-agencyhaitiparkworld-newsshakeupcbindustrial-parkTue, 26 Mar 2013 19:15:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postGroup loses fight to block deer kill in DC parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315885-group-loses-fight-to-block-deer-kill-in-dc-parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17315885-group-loses-fight-to-block-deer-kill-in-dc-parkuspoliticsdeerparkrock-creek-parkThu, 14 Mar 2013 22:41:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postSilicon Valley man convicted in workplace shootinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240776-silicon-valley-man-convicted-in-workplace-shootinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17240776-silicon-valley-man-convicted-in-workplace-shootingtechnologyusofficeslayingsparkus-newssilicon-valleyFri, 8 Mar 2013 23:34:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postLil Wayne's New Orleans skate park hits more snagshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16985804-lil-waynes-new-orleans-skate-park-hits-more-snagshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16985804-lil-waynes-new-orleans-skate-park-hits-more-snagsusparkus-newslil-wayneskate-parkrapper-lil-wayneSat, 16 Feb 2013 17:11:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2012 file photo, recording artist Lil Wayne speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New Orleans. The launch of a skate park by rapper Lil Wayne and a host of big-money sponsors, including Mountain Dew, hasnt gotten off to an easy start. The building the skate park is housed in didnt pass an electrical inspection and has to be re-wired, and only a handful of kids are able to skate at a time because of a shortage of staffing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)</p>DreamWorks partners on Russian theme parkshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975931-dreamworks-partners-on-russian-theme-parkshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975931-dreamworks-partners-on-russian-theme-parksbusinessusparkdreamworks-animationdreamworks-animation-skgrussiantheme-parkFri, 15 Feb 2013 18:13:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postJesse Tyler Ferguson to star onstage in NYChttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16939221-jesse-tyler-ferguson-to-star-onstage-in-nychttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16939221-jesse-tyler-ferguson-to-star-onstage-in-nycentertainmentustheaterparkshakespearewilliam-shakespearecentral-parkjesse-tyler-fergusonTue, 12 Feb 2013 19:00:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Jan. 27, 2013 file photo shows actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson from the ABC comedy series "Modern Family," on stage at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Public Theater announced Tuesday that the Modern Family actor will play Dromio opposite Hamish Linklaters Antipholus for five weeks at the Delacorte Theatre starting May 28. Daniel Sullivan will direct. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, file)</p>Pakistan plans park where bin Laden was killedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16840471-pakistan-plans-park-where-bin-laden-was-killedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16840471-pakistan-plans-park-where-bin-laden-was-killedpakistanparkbin-ladenworld-newsasMon, 4 Feb 2013 19:21:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this May 15, 2011 file photo, Ali Raza sits on the rooftop of his house as he views the city of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Pakistani officials say the government plans to build a recreation complex in the town. Syed Aqil Shah, sports and tourism minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 that the project in Abbottabad will have a zoo, paragliding club and water sports facilities. It will also have cultural heritage park. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)</p>London Olympic Park to host 2013 rock concertshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16638709-london-olympic-park-to-host-2013-rock-concertshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16638709-london-olympic-park-to-host-2013-rock-concertsentertainmenteubritainparkolympic-parklondon-olympic-parkTue, 22 Jan 2013 10:04:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE This is a image released on Sept. 30, 2011 by the London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority shows the parklands area in the south of the Olympic Park looking towards the Olympic Stadium in London. London's Olympic Park will partly reopen to the public this year for a series of summer rock concerts it was reported Tuesday Jan. 22, 2013. The London Legacy Development Corporation the east London park will host the Hard Rock Calling and Wireless festivals in July under a deal with events promoter Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation also will hold other concerts in park's Olympic Stadium over the summer after gaining exclusive rights to the venue. (AP Photo/Anthony Charlton, ODA, Ho, FILE) EDITORIAL USE ONLY</p>Yoda statue among features of new N. Calif. parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16433320-yoda-statue-among-features-of-new-n-calif-parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16433320-yoda-statue-among-features-of-new-n-calif-parkuslucasparkgeorge-lucasnorthern-californiaus-newsindiana-jonesWed, 9 Jan 2013 18:49:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Aug. 2, 2011 file photo shows a life-sized replica of Yoda, George Lucas' master of the Force, at Lucasfilm Ltd. production studios in San Francisco. The Northern California city of San Anselmo has approved a new downtown park to be built on land donated by Lucas that will feature statues of Indiana Jones and Yoda, two of his most popular characters. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)</p><p>FILE - In this March 13, 2008, file photo, director/producer George Lucas poses for portrait in Las Vegas. The Northern California city of San Anselmo has approved a new downtown park to be built on land donated by Lucas that will feature statues of Indiana Jones and Yoda, two of his most popular characters. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)</p>A look at key policies of SKorea's president-electhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018325-a-look-at-key-policies-of-skoreas-president-electhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018325-a-look-at-key-policies-of-skoreas-president-electskoreaelectionparksouth-koreapolicyus-newsaspark-geun-hyeWed, 19 Dec 2012 14:56:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postDictator father looms over SKorea's new presidenthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018303-dictator-father-looms-over-skoreas-new-presidenthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16018303-dictator-father-looms-over-skoreas-new-presidentskoreaelectionparkprofileworld-newsasblue-housewhen-park-geun-hyeWed, 19 Dec 2012 14:55:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>South Korea's presidential candidate Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party shakes hands with a supporter as she leaves her home to head to her office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT</p><p>A huge screen shows South Korea's presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, center, of ruling Saenuri Party in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)</p><p>South Korea's presidential candidate Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters as she heads to her office from her house in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT</p><p>Supporters of South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party cheer near the party's head office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. South Koreans voting for president Wednesday were almost evenly divided between the conservative daughter of a late dictator and the liberal son of North Korean refugees, according to surveys released after the polls closed. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)</p><p>Supporters of South Korea's presidential candidate Park Geun-hye of ruling Saenuri Party cheer near the party's head office in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. South Koreans voting for president Wednesday were almost evenly divided between the conservative daughter of a late dictator and the liberal son of North Korean refugees, according to surveys released after the polls closed. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)</p>South Korea's Park tries to make historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15959659-south-koreas-park-tries-to-make-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15959659-south-koreas-park-tries-to-make-historyskoreaelectionparksouth-koreanworld-newsaspark-geun-hyeMon, 17 Dec 2012 07:07:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>South Korea's presidential candidate Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters during her presidential election campaign in Suwon, south of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. South Korea's presidential election is scheduled for Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)</p><p>South Korea's presidential candidate Park Geun-hye of ruling Saenuri Party pumps her fist in the air during her presidential election campaign in Suwon, south of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. South Korea's presidential election is scheduled for Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)</p><p>South Korea's presidential candidates Park Geun-hye of ruling Saenuri Party waits for a final televised debate for the 18th presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. South Korea's presidential election is scheduled for Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)</p>Another Yoda statue, Calif. Star Wars fans may gethttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546138-another-yoda-statue-calif-star-wars-fans-may-gethttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546138-another-yoda-statue-calif-star-wars-fans-may-getentertainmentbusinessuslucasparksan-francisco-baystar-warsgeorge-lucasThu, 29 Nov 2012 19:14:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2011 photo, a life-sized replica of Yoda, George Lucas master of the Force, is shown at Lucasfilm Ltd. production studios in San Francisco. Lucas is moving forward with plans to build a park complete with a statue of Yoda and Indiana Jones in his Marin County hometown of San Anselmo, Calif. Lucas has applied for a permit to demolish the existing buildings at the site. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)</p>HK car park investment craze raises bubble fearhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15473798-hk-car-park-investment-craze-raises-bubble-fearhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15473798-hk-car-park-investment-craze-raises-bubble-fearbusinesshong-kongcarparkbubblekongworld-newsascar-parkTue, 27 Nov 2012 07:31:47 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Cars are parked near empty spots at a residential building in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Investors looking for new areas to park their cash in Hong Kong are driving up prices for parking spaces, sparking fears of a bubble in the Asian financial center. Prices for parking spots in Hong Kong are nearing historic highs, the side effect of government curbs to cool the housing market amid worries of overheating following the latest round of economic stimulus in the U.S. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)</p><p>A man walks past a parking spot outside a residential building in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Investors looking for new areas to park their cash in Hong Kong are driving up prices for parking spaces, sparking fears of a bubble in the Asian financial center. Prices for parking spots in Hong Kong are nearing historic highs, the side effect of government curbs to cool the housing market amid worries of overheating following the latest round of economic stimulus in the U.S. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)</p>Willie Park Jr. selected for Hall of Famehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15190316-willie-park-jr-selected-for-hall-of-famehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15190316-willie-park-jr-selected-for-hall-of-famesportsgolfparkhall-of-fameworld-golf-hallThu, 15 Nov 2012 15:18:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postBillionaire gives $100 million to Central Parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648237-billionaire-gives-100-million-to-central-parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14648237-billionaire-gives-100-million-to-central-parkusparkgiftnew-york-citycentral-parkus-newsTue, 23 Oct 2012 18:45:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postGlance: The story behind NYC's Four Freedoms Parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14498832-glance-the-story-behind-nycs-four-freedoms-parkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14498832-glance-the-story-behind-nycs-four-freedoms-parkusglanceparkus-newsfdrdedicationroosevelt-four-freedoms-parkWed, 17 Oct 2012 06:42:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postDecades late, FDR memorial park dedicated in NYChttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14498816-decades-late-fdr-memorial-park-dedicated-in-nychttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/17/14498816-decades-late-fdr-memorial-park-dedicated-in-nycusparkbill-clintonunited-nationsnew-york-cityus-newsfdrdedicationandrew-cuomofranklin-rooseveltwelfare-islandlouis-kahnWed, 17 Oct 2012 06:41:15 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This Aug. 24, 2012 photo provided by FDR Four Freedoms Park LLC, shows the New York City memorial park, honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, that has been completed 40 years after the original design was created. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on the southern tip of 2-mile-long Roosevelt Island - between Manhattan and Queens - is being dedicated Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in a ceremony to be attended by dignitaries including former President Bill Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/FDR Four Freedoms Park LLC, Paul Warchol)</p><p>This July 11, 2012 photo provided by FDR Four Freedoms Park LLC, shows an arial view of the New York City memorial park, honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, that has been completed 40 years after the original design was created. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on the southern tip of 2-mile-long Roosevelt Island - between Manhattan and Queens - is being dedicated Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in a ceremony to be attended by dignitaries including former President Bill Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/FDR Four Freedoms Park LLC, Steve Amiaga - www.amiaga.com)</p><p>This Aug. 24, 2012 photo provided by FDR Four Freedoms Park LLC, shows the New York City memorial park, honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt, that has been completed 40 years after the original design was created. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on the southern tip of 2-mile-long Roosevelt Island - between Manhattan and Queens - is being dedicated Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in a ceremony to be attended by dignitaries including former President Bill Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (AP Photo/FDR Four Freedoms Park LLC, Paul Warchol)</p>Lil Wayne's skate park opening delayedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14348380-lil-waynes-skate-park-opening-delayedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14348380-lil-waynes-skate-park-opening-delayedusnew-orleansparkus-newslil-wayneskate-parkWed, 10 Oct 2012 21:52:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postMore victims in Central Park sexual assault casehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14322446-more-victims-in-central-park-sexual-assault-casehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14322446-more-victims-in-central-park-sexual-assault-caseussexparkassaultnew-york-citycentral-parkus-newsTue, 9 Oct 2012 20:08:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_postAfrica's oldest park threatened by rebels, now oilhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14242778-africas-oldest-park-threatened-by-rebels-now-oilhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14242778-africas-oldest-park-threatened-by-rebels-now-oilparkcongoworld-newsafvirunga-parkFri, 5 Oct 2012 14:24:16 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this picture taken Wednesday Aug. 11, 2012, Emmanuel de Merode, Virunga National Park director and chief warden poses at the park headquarters in Rumangabo, some 60 kms (40 miles) north of Goma, eastern Congo. Virunga National Park, where virtually every rebellion in eastern Congo in the past 30 years has started, and its endangered mountain gorillas, are facing increasing threats from a new rebel group and from a decision to open Africa's oldest national park to oil exploration.Virunga now has about a quarter of the worlds remaining 790 mountain gorillas, with the others concentrated in parks in neighboring Rwanda and Uganda. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>FILE- In this file photo taken Tuesday Nov. 25, 2008, two mountain gorillas are seen in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo. Virunga now has about a quarter of the worlds remaining 790 mountain gorillas, with the others concentrated in parks in neighboring Rwanda and Uganda. The park was named a U.N. World Heritage site in 1979 for its unique diversity and the opulence of its animal and bird species. Despite all the conflict &#8212; back-to-back civil wars that drew in the armies of half a dozen African nations between 1996 and 2002, and then rebellions in 2004, 2008 and a new one that erupted in April &#8212; the numbers of mountain gorillas have actually grown. The population has nearly doubled in recent years &#8212; an enormously successful exercise but at a high price, said Emmanuel de Merode, the parks director and chief warden. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this picture taken Thursday Aug. 12, 2012, Park rangers patrol in the Virunga National Park near Rumangabo, some 60 kms (40 miles) north of Goma, eastern Congo. Vistually every rebellion that has confronted Congo in the past 30 years has started in Virunga, Africas oldest national park created under Belgian rule in 1925.Virunga Park has been confronted with problems including Congos weak government, the chronic instability of the Central African region, including its history of genocide, and the need of the population surrounding the park for economic subsistence.But now Virunga faces a threat that conservationists fear could be one battle too many for the park: oil exploration.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this picture taken Wednesday Aug. 11, 2012, light streaks through the thick canopy of 30-meter-high (100-feet-high) trees in the Virunga National Park near Rumangabo, some 60 kms (40 miles) north of Goma, eastern Congo. Virtually every rebellion that has confronted Congo in the past 30 years has started in Virunga, Africas oldest national park created under Belgian rule in 1925.Virunga now has about a quarter of the worlds remaining 790 mountain gorillas, with the others concentrated in parks in neighboring Rwanda and Uganda. But now Virunga faces a threat that conservationists fear could be one battle too many for the park: oil exploration.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>In this picture taken Thursday Aug. 12, 2012, Park rangers patrol in the Virunga National Park near Rumangabo, some 60 kms (40 miles) north of Goma, eastern Congo. Virtually every rebellion that has confronted Congo in the past 30 years has started in Virunga, Africas oldest national park created under Belgian rule in 1925. The number of rangers protecting Virunga is down from about 1,000 to a dedicated staff of 271. They include 48 new recruits trained by retired Belgian Special Forces. Once there were 4,000 soldiers based in the park, some of whom were involved in the illegal charcoal trade. Today, there are just 200 soldiers who are provided with food, communications and transport to encourage them to behave.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)</p><p>FILE- In this file photo taken Tuesday Nov. 25, 2008, two mountain gorillas are seen in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo. Virunga now has about a quarter of the worlds remaining 790 mountain gorillas, with the others concentrated in parks in neighboring Rwanda and Uganda. The park was named a U.N. World Heritage site in 1979 for its unique diversity and the opulence of its animal and bird species. Despite all the conflict &#8212; back-to-back civil wars that drew in the armies of half a dozen African nations between 1996 and 2002, and then rebellions in 2004, 2008 and a new one that erupted in April &#8212; the numbers of mountain gorillas have actually grown. "The population has nearly doubled in recent years &#8212; an enormously successful exercise but at a high price, said Emmanuel de Merode, the parks director and chief warden. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)</p>